The Optimist Creed is 100 years old.

Why should we not seek the best candidate? Why should we not seek someone who represents our highest values? Why must we settle for the candidate who can outmaneuver, out-lie, outspend, out-trash, out-demagogue all the others?
Think about it.

Practice to become more civil Take one or both of the challanges. Say Something Nice; Don’t say anything ugly.

Eric Metaxas is the featured speaker for the Hamrick Lectures at First Baptist Church of Charleston on Sunday at 5 and Monday at 10a.m. The lectures are free. Parking is at 48 Meeting Street.

Bitterness is a terrible taskmaster. It will suck all of your goodness into a dark hole.